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How to Build iOS Widgets with .NET MAUI
Build professional iOS widgets with .NET MAUI, from static displays to interactive widgets.
Read moreClick to read more about this postStreamlining your Git workflow with Visual Studio 2026
You’re a .NET developer with a busy morning, and an Azure DevOps ticket drops: “Login endpoint 500s under load.” You’ve got to fix it, review a teammate’s feature branch, and keep your repo clean - all before lunch. Visual Studio’s Git tools turn this everyday Git workflow of...
Read moreClick to read more about this postRetirement of Global Personal Access Tokens in Azure DevOps
In the new year, we’ll be retiring the Global Personal Access Token (PAT) type in Azure DevOps.
Global PATs allow users to authenticate across all accessible organizations. While this can feel convenient, a single credential with broad reach creates a concentrated security risk —...
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Dec 22, 2025
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How AI fixed my procrastination
I struggled to get started. For ages, I kept putting off building this website, creating a new programming language for Visual Studio, and coming up with fresh color themes. Each project looked overwhelming, and I couldn’t find the time or motivation to jump in. It all just felt like...
Visual Studio Blog
Dec 22, 2025
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All the other cool languages have try...finally. C++ says "We have try...finally at home."
The destructor serves as the "finally".
The Old New Thing
Dec 22, 2025
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The New Test Run Hub is Going Generally Available!
Delivering high-quality software requires clarity, speed, and collaboration. That’s why we introduced the New Test Run Hub in Azure Test Plans. A modern, streamlined experience designed to make test execution and analysis fast and intuitive.
And we’re excited to announce that this...
Azure DevOps Blog
Dec 19, 2025
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Azure Developer CLI (azd) Dec 2025 - Extensions Enhancements, Foundry Rebranding, and Azure Pipelines Improvements
This post announces the December release of the Azure Developer CLI (`azd`).
Azure SDK Blog
Dec 19, 2025
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Work item linking for Advanced Security alerts now available
Security vulnerabilities don't fix themselves. Someone needs to track them, prioritize them, and actually ship the fix. If you've ever tried to manage security alerts alongside your regular sprint work, though, you know the friction: you're looking at an alert in one tab, switching to...
Azure DevOps Blog
Dec 19, 2025
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A shortcut gives me a weird path for a program shortcut that doesn't point to the executable, so what is it?
It's a placeholder because the shortcut is to an MSI application.
The Old New Thing
Dec 18, 2025
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What’s new in Microsoft Foundry | October and November 2025
Azure AI Foundry is now Microsoft Foundry. Read the latest announcements about agents, models, tools and more.
Microsoft Foundry Blog
Dec 18, 2025
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AI Coding Agents and Domain-Specific Languages: Challenges and Practical Mitigation Strategies
1. Introduction
AI coding agents/assistants such as GitHub Copilot have become common in modern software engineering workflows. Their strengths—rapid pattern completion, context-aware suggestions, and the ability to learn style from local code—stem from broad training on large...
All things Azure
Dec 18, 2025
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Concluding thoughts on our deep dive into Windows clipboard text conversion
Stick to Unicode and you'll be fine.
The Old New Thing